No. 19-5192

Brenda Massaquoi v. American Credit Acceptance

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-07-16
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: burden-of-proof civil-rights discrimination employment-law hostile-work-environment intentional-discrimination national-origin prima-facie-case retaliation title-vii
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity EmploymentDiscrimina
Latest Conference: 2019-10-01
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Is a plaintiff's prima facie case of discrimination because of race, national-origin and retaliation, combined with sufficient evidence for a reasonable factfinder to reject the employer's nondiscriminatory explanation for its decision, adequate to sustain a finding of liability for intentional discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW 1. Isa plaintiff's prima facie case of discrimination because of race, national origin and retaliation, combined with sufficient evidence for a reasonable factfinder to reject the . employer’s nondiscriminatory explanation for its decision, adequate to sustain a finding of liability for intentional discrimination under Title VI! of the Civil Rights Act of 1964? 2. Isa plaintiffs prima farcie case of an employer creating and sustaining a hostile work ; environment combined with sufficient evidence for a reasonable factfinder to reject the ; employer’s nondiscriminatory good faith explanation adequate to sustain a finding of : liability for intentional discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964? 3. Isa plaintiff's prima facie case of discrimination when an employer intentional uses : unverified here say from a bias source with known racist tendencies combined with sufficient evidence for a reasonable factfinder to reject the employer's nondiscriminatory explanation for its decision, adequate to sustain a finding of liability for intentional discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

Docket Entries

2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-08-29
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-05-23
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 15, 2019)

Attorneys

Brenda Massaquoi
Brenda Massaquoi — Petitioner
Brenda Massaquoi — Petitioner